by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. — Dr. Earl A. Grollman Yesterday (15 Jan) I met up with a friend for coffee. He lost...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 3, 2025 | 2025, Discernment, God's Will, Meaning & Purpose
I had bought some of the books 40 years ago. Most of them I had not read for about 20 years. They were stored in our office. But the time had come to move to another relatively smaller office. Much of our stuff had to be discarded. That included many of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 27, 2024 | 2024, God's Love, Hope
This morning I connected with a friend I hadn’t connected with for some time. I found out that he and his dear wife had lost two parents this year and one more is critically ill. I can’t even begin to imagine what their year has been like. Their news came...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Christian Living, Community, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan
Bernice and I were catching up with two dear friends recently. Husband and wife, they were doing critical work for the Kingdom where the Lord had placed them. They were far from being luddites but one of the things we talked about was our shared concern that the young...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 13, 2024 | 2024, God's Glory, Obedience & Faithfulness
I have been noticing something strange. One of the joys of growing older is that you get to meet up with people whom you ministered to years ago; some, 20 or 30 years ago. In recent times I have met a few that I first tried to help a long time ago. They are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 28, 2024 | 2024, Marriage, Remembrance
I received with mixed feelings the news that ‘Kit’ Packer, widow of J I (Jim) Packer, had passed away on 12 November 2024. I was glad that she was now free of the messiness of this life and was receiving the fullness of life the Lord had in store for her...
